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Bessie H. Hoyt. 
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CONSTITUTION 



AND 



PUBLIC STATUTES 



OF THE 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 

NORMAL SCHOOL STATE 



PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 



1905. 



CONCORD, N. H.: 

Ira C. Evans Co., Printers. 

1905- 



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CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



• New Hampshire Normal School State. 



PREAMBLE. 

We, the students of the State Normal School, of 
Plymouth, New Hampshire, grateful to Almighty God 
for the blessings of freedom, and accepting the divine 
injunction to do unto others as we would they should 
do unto us, and also having been empowered by the 
principal and faculty of said school to establish a 
-school state, do ordain this constitution. 

ARTICLE I. 

NAME, TERRITORY, CITIZENS: RIGHTS AND DUTIES. 

Section 1. The name of this commonwealth shall 
be, The New Hampshire Normal School State. 

Sect. 2. The territory comprising this state shall be 
the school building, including all halls and rooms 
therein, the grounds belonging to the school, and the 



village of Plymouth, New Hampshire, including 
boarding-houses wherein citizens of the state may be ; 
but nothing herein shall be so construed as to usurp 
the power of higher authority or to interfere with 
the rights of parents or guardians. 

Sect. 3. Every student of the aforesaid school at 
the time of the adoption of this constitution, and every 
person entering said school as a student thereafter, 
shall be entitled to the rights of citizenship. 

BILL OF RIGHTS. 

Sect. 4. The privilege of self-government carries 
with it certain rights, inalienable within the jurisdic- 
ti(m of the state. 

Sect. 5. These rights are as follows : to share in 
the making and execution of the laws; to elect and be 
elected into office; to be i3rotected in life, liberty, and 
the pursuit of happiness; to obtain right and jus- 
tice freely, completely, promptly, and conformably to 
the laws; and if held to answer for a crime, to be 
exempt from furnishing evidence against himself, to 
be defeiuled by an attorne}^, and to be tried by the 
judgment of his peers and the law of the state. 

duties. 
Sect. 6. It shall be the duty of eveiy citizen to vote 



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Blanche B. Stedman. 
September, 1902, to January, 1903. 




Elizabeth J. Gate. 
January to June, 1903. 



upon every public question when opportunity affords ; 
to obey the laws of the state and assist others to obey 
them ; to aid in enforcing the laws ; and by every 
reasonable means to promote the dignity and honor 
of the state. 

ARTICLE II. 

THE LEGISLATURE. 

Section 1. The supreme legislative power within 
this state shall be vested in the senate and house of 
representatives, each of which shall have a negative 
on the other. The senate and house shall assemble 
semi-annually on the third Tuesday of the school term, 
and at such other times as they may judge necessary, 
and shall dissolve and be dissolved three days next 
preceding the said third Tuesday of the school term, 
semi-annually, and shall be styled the General Court 
of the New Hampshire Normal School State. 

Sect. 2. The general court shall forever have full 
power and authority to erect and constitute judica- 
tories and courts of record or other courts, to be holden 
in the name of the state, for the hearing, trying and 
determining all manner of crimes, offenses, pleas, pro- 
cesses, plaints, actions, causes, matters and things 
whatsoever, arising or happening within this state, or 
between or concerning persons inhabiting, or residing, 
or brought within the same, whether the same be civil 



or criminal, and whether the said pleas be real, per- 
sonal, or mixed, and for the awarding' and issuing 
execution thereon, to which courts and judicatories are 
hereby given and granted full power and authority, 
from time to time, to administer oaths or affirmations 
for the better discovery of truth in any matter in con- 
troversy or depending before them. 

Sect. 3. And, further, full power and authority 
are hereby given and granted to the said general court, 
from time to time, to make, ordain and establish all 
manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, 
statutes, ordinances, directions and instructions, either 
with penalties or without, so as the same be not repug- 
nant or contrary to this constitution, as they may 
judge for the benefit and welfare of this state and for 
the governing and ordering thereof and of the sub- 
jects of the same, for the necessary support and de- 
fense of the government thereof; and to name and 
settle semi-annually, or provide by fixed laws for the 
naming and settling thereof, all civil officers within 
this state, such officers excepted the election and ap- 
pointment of whom are hereafter in this form of gov- 
ernment otherwise provided for; and to set forth the 
several duties, powers, and limits of the several civil 
officers of this state, and the forms of such oaths or 
affirmations as shall be respectively administered unto 
them for the execution of their several offices and 



places, so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to 
this constitution ; and also to impose fines, mulcts, im- 
prisonments and other punishments. 

Sect. 4. No member of the general court shall ap- 
pear as counsel or act as advocate in any cause before 
either branch of the legislature ; and, upon due proof 
thereof, such member shall forfeit his seat in the 
legislature. 

Sect. 5. The doors of the galleries of each house of 
the legislature shall be kept open to all persons who 
behave decently, except when the welfare of the state, 
in the opinion of either branch, shall require secrecy. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

Sect. 6. There shall be, in the legislature of the 
state, a representation of the people, which shall con- 
sist of members elected one from every three students 
or fractional part thereof from the members of each 
of the A, B, C, and D counties, and shall hold office 
for one school term. 

Sect. 7. All persons qualified to vote in the election 
of senators shall be entitled to vote in the district 
wherein they dwell in the choice of representatives. 

Sect. 8. Every member of the house of representa- 
tives shall be chosen by ballot, and shall be, at the time 
of his election, an inhabitant of the district he may be 



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clioseii to represent, aucl shall cease to represent such 
district immediately upon his ceasing' to be qualified 
as aforesaid. 

Sect. 9. All intermediate vacancies in the house of 
representatives may be filled up from time to time in 
the same manner as the general elections are made. 

Sect. 10. The house of representatives shall be the 
grand inquest of the state, and all impeachments made 
by them shall be heard and tried by the senate. 

Sect. 11. The house of representatives shall not 
adjourn for more than one regular session without the 
consent of the senate. A majority of the members 
of the house of representatives shall be a quorum for 
doing business; but, when less than two-thirds of the 
representatives elected shall be present, the assent of 
two-thirds of those members shall be necessary to 
render their acts and proceedings valid. 

Sect. 12. The house of representatives shall choose 
their own speaker, appoint their own officers, and set- 
tle the rules of proceedings in their oavu house, and 
shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and quali- 
fications of its members, as pointed out in this consti- 
tution. They shall have authority to punish every 
person who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house, in 
its presence, by any disorderly or contemptuous be- 
havior, or by threatening or ill-treating any of its 
members, or bv obstructiuii- its deliberations: everv 



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person guilty of a breach of its privileges in disturb- 
ing any one of its ot!^icers in the execution of any order 
or procedure of the house, in disturbing any witness 
or other person ordered to attend by, or during his 
attendance of, the house. 

Sect. 13. Upon motion made by any one member, 
the yeas and nays upon any question shall be entered 
on the journal, and any member of the senate or house 
of representatives shall have a right, on motion made 
at the same time for that purpose, to have his protest 
or dissent, with the reasons, against any vote, resolve, 
or bill passed, entered on the journal. 

THE SENATE. 

Sect. 14. The senate shall consist of twelve mem- 
bers, who shall hold their office for one school term. 

Sect. 15. The New Hampshire Normal School State 
shall be divided into six senatorial districts, taking 
as a basis the floor plan of Livermore Hall, and di- 
viding it into six equal districts According to popula- 
tion. Two censors shall be appointed by the gov- 
ernor at the beginning of each school term, who shall 
take a census and define the senatorial districts accord- 
ing to population. 

Sect. 16. The inhabitants of each district, qualified 
as is in this constitution provided, shall semi-annually 
give in their votes for senators. 



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Sect. 17. The senate shall be the first branch of the 
legislatiTre, and the senators shall be chosen in the fol- 
lowing manner, viz. : Ever^^ inhabitant of each district 
in this state shall have a right at the semi-annual elec- 
tions to vote for two senators in the district whereof 
he is a member. 

Sect. 18. And every person qualified as the consti- 
tution provides shall be considered an inhabitant, for 
the purpose of electing and being elected into any 
office or place within this state, in the district where he 
dwelleth and hath his place. 

Sect. 19. The ineetings for the choice of governor, 
council, and senators shall be warned by warrant from 
the secretary of state, who shall make a fair record 
of the name of every person voted for and the number 
of votes for each person. 

Sect. 20. And that there may be a due meeting of 
senators on the third Tuesday after the beginning of 
the school term, the governor and a majority of the 
council for the time being shall, as soon as may be, 
examine the returned copies of such records, and one 
day before the third Tuesday of the school term, he 
shall issue his summons to such persons as appear to 
be chosen senators by a majority of votes, to attend 
and take their seats on that day. 

Sect. 21. In case there shall not appear to be a sen- 
ator elected by a majority of votes for any district, the 



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deficiency shall be supplied in the following manner, 
viz. : The members of the house of representatives and 
such senators as shall be declared elected, shall take the 
names of the two persons having the highest number 
of votes in the district, and out of them shall elect, 
by joint ballot, the senator wanted by such district: 
and, in this manner, all such vacancies shall be filled 
in every district of the state ; all vacancies in the sen- 
ate arising by death, removal out of the state, or other- 
wise, except from failure to elect, shall be filled by a 
new election by the people of the district, upon the 
requisition of the governor, as soon as may be after 
such vacancies shall happen. 

Sect. 22. The senate shall be judges of the elec- 
tions, returns, and qualifications of their own mem- 
bers, as pointed out in this constitution. 

Sect. 23. The senate shall not adjourn for more 
than one regular session without the consent of the 
house of representatives. 

Sect. 24. The senate shall appoint their president 
and other officers, and determine their rules of pro- 
ceedings. And not less than seven members of the 
senate shall make a quorum for doing business; and, 
when less- than eight senators shall be present, the as- 
sent of five at least shall be necessary to render their 
acts and proceedings valid. 



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Sect. 25. The senate shall be a court, with full 
power and authority to hear, try, and determine all 
impeachments made by the house of representatives, 
against any officer or officers of the state, for bribery, 
corruption, malpractice, or maladministration in office, 
with full power to issue summons or compulsory pro- 
cess for convening witnesses before them ; but previous 
to the trial of any such impeachments, the members 
of the senate shall respectively be sworn truly and im- 
partially to try and determine the charge in question 
according to evidence. And every officer impeached 
for bribery, malpractice, corruption, or maladminis- 
tration in office shall be served with an attested copy 
of the impeachment and order of the senate thereon, 
with such citation as the senate may direct, setting 
forth the time and place for their sitting to try the 
impeachment ; which service shall be made by the 
sheriff, or such other sworn officer as the senate may 
appoint, at least fourteen days previous to the time 
of trial; and such citation being duly served and re- 
turned, the senate may proceed in the hearing of the 
impeachment, giving the person impeached, if he shall 
appear, full liberty of producing witnesses and proofs, 
and of making his defense b}^ himself and counsel; 
and may, also, upon his refusing or neglecting to ap- 
pear, hear the proofs in support of the impeachment, 
and render judgment thereon, his non-appearance 




Myra F. Perry. 
February to June, 1904. 




Bertha M. Wright. 
September, 1904, to January, 1905. 



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notwithstanding; and such judgment shall have the 
same force and etTect as if the person impeached had 
appeared and pleaded in the trial. 

Sect. 26. Their judgment, however, shall not ex- 
tend further than removal from office, disqualification 
to hold or enjoy any place of honor or trust under 
this state; but the party so convicted shall, neverthe- 
less, be liable to indictment, trial, judgment, and pun- 
ishment according to the laws of the state. 

Sect. 27. Whenever the governor shall be im- 
peached, the chief justice of the supreme judicial court 
shall, during the trial, preside in the senate, but have 
no vote therein. 

ARTICLE III. 

-THE EXECUTIVE. 

Section 1. There shall be a supreme executive 
magistrate, who shall be styled Governor of the New 
Hampshire Normal School State, and whose title shall 
be His Excellency. 

- Sect. 2. The governor shall be chosen semi-an- 
nualty on the second Thursday of the school term ; and 
the votes for governor shall be received, sorted, 
counted, certified, and returned in the same manner 
as, votes for senators; and the secretary shall lay the 
same before the senate and house of representatives 
on the third Tuesday of the school term, to be by them 



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examined; and in case of an election by a majority of 
votes through the state, the choice shall be by them 
declared and published; and the qualifications of elec- 
tors of the governor shall be the same as those for 
senators, and if no person shall have a majority of 
votes, the senate and house of representatives shall, 
by a joint ballot, elect one of the two persons having 
the highest number of votes, who shall be declared 
governor. And no person shall be eligible to this 
office unless, at the time of his election, he shall have 
been a citizen of this state for two terms or one school 
year, or a member of the A class. 

Sect. 3. In case of disagreement between the two 
houses with regard to the time or place of adjournment 
or prorogation, the governor, with advice of the coun- 
cil, shall have the right to adjourn or prorogue the 
general court as he may determine the public good 
may require ; and he shall dissolve the same three days 
before the said third Tuesday of the school term. 

Sect. 4. Every bill which shall have passed both 
houses of the general court shall, before it becomes a 
law, be presented to the governor; if he approve he 
shall sign it ; but if not, he shall return it, with his ob- 
jections, to the house in Avhich it shall have originated, 
which shall enter the objections at large upon its 
journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such 
reconsideration, two-thirds of that house shall as^ree 



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to pass the bill, it shall be sent, tog-ether with such 
objections, to the other house, by which it shall like- 
wise be reconsidered ; and, if approved by two-thirds 
of that house, it shall become a law; but, in all such 
eases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by 
yeas and na.ys; and the names of the persons voting 
for or against the bill shall be entered on the journal 
of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be re- 
turned by the governor within five days, Sundays ex- 
cepted, after it shall have been presented to him, the 
same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed 
it, unless the legislature, by its adjournment, prevent 
its return, in which case it shall not be a law. The 
constitutionality of every law shall be passed upon 
by the supreme court before it shall become operative. 

Sect. 5. Every resolve shall be presented to the 
governor, and before the same shall take effect, shall 
be approved by him, or, being disapproved by him, 
shall be repassed by the senate and house of repre- 
sentatives, according to the rules and limitations pre- 
scribed in the case of a bill. 

Sect. 6. All judicial officers and the attorney-gen- 
eral shall be nominated and appointed by the governor 
and council ; and every such nomination shall be made 
at least three days prior to such appointment ; and no 
appointment shall take place unless a majority of the 
council agree thereto. 



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Sect. 7. The governor and council shall have a 
negative on each other, both in the nominations and 
appointments. Every nomination and appointment 
shall be signed by the governor and council, and every 
negative shall also be signed by the governor or council 
who made the same. 

Sect. 8. Whenever the chair of the governor shall 
become vacant, by reason of his death, absence from 
the state, or otherwise, the president of the senate 
shall, during such vacancy, have and exercise all pow- 
ers and authorities which by this constitution the gov- 
ernor is vested with when personally present; but 
when the president of the senate shall exercise the 
office of governor, he shall not hold his office in the 
senate. Whenever the chair, both of the governor 
and the president of the senate, shall become vacant, 
by reason of their death, absence from the state, or 
otherwise, the speaker of the house shall, during such 
vacancies, have and exercise all the powers and author- 
ities which by this constitution the governor is vested 
with when personally present; but when the speaker 
of the house shall exercise the office of governor, he 
shall not hold his office in the house. 

Sect. 9. The governor, with advice of the council, 
shall have full power and authority in recess of the 
general court, to prorogue the same from time to time, 
and during sessions of said court to adjourn or pro- 



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rogue it to any time the two houses may desire ; and to 
call it together sooner than the time to which it may 
have been adjourned or prorogued, if the welfare of 
the state should require the same. 

Sect. 10. The power of pardoning offenses, except 
such as persons may be convicted of before the senate, 
by impeachment of the house, shall be in the governor, 
by and with the advice of the council ; but no charter 
of pardon granted by the governor with advice of 
council before conviction shall avail the party plead- 
ing the same, notwithstanding any general or particu- 
lar expressions contained therein descriptive of the 
offense or offenses intended to be pardoned. 

COUNCIL. 

Sect. 11. There shall be semi-annually elected by 
ballot, councilors for advising the governor in the exec- 
utive part of the government. The inhabitants in 
each county, qualified to vote for senators, shall on the 
second Thursday of the school term give in their votes 
for one councilor, which votes shall be received, sorted, 
counted, and returned to the secretary's office, in the 
same manner as the votes for senators, to be by the 
secretary laid before the senate and house of represent- 
atives on the third Tuesday of the school term. 

Sect. 12. And the person having a majority of 
votes in any district shall be considered as duly elected 



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a councilor ; but if no person shall have a majority of 
votes in any district, the senate and house of repre- 
sentatives shall take the names of the two persons who 
have the highest number of votes in each district and 
not elected, and out of those two shall elect, by joint 
ballot, the councilor wanted for such district ; and the 
qualifications for councilor shall be the same as for 
senator. If any person thus chosen a councilor shall 
be elected governor or member of either branch of the 
legislature, and shall accept the trust, or if any per- 
son elected a councilor shall refuse to accept the office, 
or in case of death, resignation, or removal of any 
councilor out of the state, the governor may issue a 
precept for the election of a new councilor in that 
county w^here such vacancy shall happen; and the 
choice shall be in the same manner as before directed ; 
and the governor shall have full power and authority 
to convene the council from time to time, at his dis- 
cretion ; and with them, or the majority of them, may 
and shall from time to time hold a council for ordering 
and directing the affairs of this state, according to 
the laws of the state. 

Sect. 13. The members of the council may be im- 
peached by the house and tried by the senate for bri- 
bery, corruption, malpractice, or maladministration. 

Sect. 14. The resolutions and advice of the council 
shall be recorded bv the secretarv in a register, and 



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signed by all members present agreeing thereto; and 
this record may be called for at any time by either 
house of the legislature ; and any member of the coun- 
cil may enter his opinion contrary to the resolution of 
the majority, with the reason for such opinion. 

Sect. 15. And, whereas the elections appointed to 
be made by this constitution on the third Tuesday of 
the school term semi-annually by the two houses of 
the legislature may not be completed on that day, the 
said elections may be continued from day to day until 
the same be completed. And the order of election 
shall be as follows : The vacancies in the senate, if any, 
shall first be filled up; the governor shall then be 
elected, provided there be no choice of him by the 
people; and afterwards the two houses shall proceed 
to fill up the vacancies, if there be any, in the council. 

Sect. 16. The secretary shall be chosen by joint 
ballot of the senators and representatives seated in one 
room. 

Sect. 17. The records of the state shall be kept in 
the office of the secretary ; and he shall attend the gov- 
ernor and council, the senate and representatives, in 
person or by deputy as they may require. 

Sect. 18. The secretary of state shall at all times 
have a deputy, to be by him appointed, for whose con- 
duct in office he shall be responsible; and in case of 
the death, removal, or inability of the secretary, his 



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deputy shall exercise all the duties of the office of 
secretary of this state until another shall be appointed. 

Sect. 19. The count}^ solicitors and sheriffs shall be 
elected by the inhabitants of the several districts in 
the state, according to the method now practised and 
the laws of the state ; provided, nevertheless, the legis- 
lature shall have the authority to alter the manner of 
certifying the votes and the mode of electing those 
officers, but not so as to deprive the people of the right 
they now have of electing them. 

Sect. 20. The superintendent of public works shall 
be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice 
and consent of the council. He shall have charge of 
all public works, including the care of the flag, library, 
and all papers and books therein, and may appoint 
not more than five assistants. These assistants shall 
be from the several classes of the state. The term of 
office of the superintendent of public w^orks shall be 
one school term. 

Sect. 21. The legislature may create other depart- 
ments and provide for the officers for them whenever 
in their opinion such departments are necessary for 
the public thrift. 

ARTICLE IV. 

THE COURTS. 

Section 1. The supreme court shall consist of the 



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faculty of the school, the principal of which shall be 
the chief judge. The supreme court shall have original 
jurisdiction over such cases as the principal of the 
school shall deem wise not to divulge to the public, 
and appellate jurisdiction over all other cases. 

Sect. 2. The Normal School State shall be divided 
into four districts, the members of which shall be the 
members of the A, B, C, and D counties respectively. 
If any one of these districts shall have less than ten 
citizens, the legislature shall have power to unite such 
district to any one of the other three for judicial pur- 
poses. 

Sect. 3. The tenure that ail commissioned officers 
shall have by law in their offices shall be expressed 
in their respective commissions. All judicial officers, 
duly appointed, commissioned, and SAVorn, shall hold 
their offices during good behavior, excepting those con- 
cerning whom there is a different provision made in 
this constitution ; provided, nevertheless, the governor, 
with consent of council, may remove them upon ad- 
dress of both houses of the legislature. 

Sect. 4. Each branch of the legislature, as well as 
the governor and council, shall have authority to re- 
quire the opinions of the justices of the superior court 
upon important questions of law and upon solemn oc- 
casions. 



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Sect, 5. In order that the people may not suffer 
from the long continuance in place of any justice of 
the peace who shall fail in discharging the important 
duties of his place with ability and fidelity, all com- 
missions of justices of the peace shall become void at 
the expiration of one school term, and, upon the ex- 
piration of any commission, the same may be renewed 
if necessary, or another person appointed, as may con- 
duce to the well-being of the state. 

Sect. 6. No judge of any court or justice of the 
peace shall act as attorney or appear as counsel to any 
party, or originate any civil suit, in matters which 
shall come or be brought before him as justice of the 
peace. 

Sect. 7. The judges of the courts shall appoint 
their respective clerks, to hold their office during pleas- 
ure ; and no such clerk shall act as attorney or appear 
as counsel in any cause in the court of which he is 
clerk, or shall he draw any writ originating any civil 
action. 

ARTICLE Y. 

Section 1. Any person chosen governor, councilor, 
senator, representative, or civil officer, accepting the 
trust, shall, before he proceeds to execute the duties of 
his office, make and subscribe the following declara- 
tions, viz. : 



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I, , do solemnly swear that I Avill bear faith 

and true allegiance to the New Hampshire Normal 
School State, and will support the constitution thereof. 
:So help me God. 

I, — - — — , do solemnly and sincerely swear and af- 
firm that I will faithfully and impartially perform all 

the duties incumbent on me as , agreeably to 

the rules and regulations of this constitution, and the 
law^s of the New Hampshire Normal School State. So 
help me God. 

Any person having taken and subscribed the oath 
of allegiance, and the same being filed in the secre- 
tary's office, he shall not be obliged to take said oath 
again. 

Provided always, when any person chosen or ap- 
pointed as aforesaid, shall be of the denomination 
called Quakers, or shall be scrupulous of swearing 
and shall decline to take the said oaths, such person 
shall take and subscribe them, omitting the word 
* 'swear," and likewise the words, "so help me God," 
subjoining instead thereof, "This I do under the pains 
and penalties of perjury. ' ' 

Sect. 2. And the oaths and affirmations shall be 
taken and subscribed by the governor, before the presi- 
"dent of the senate, in the presence of both houses of 
legislature ; and by the senators and representatives, 
before the governor and council for the time beins^; 



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and by all other officers, before such persons and in 
such manner as the legislature shall from time to time 
appoint. 

Sect. 3. All commissions shall be in the name of 
the New Hampshire Normal School State, signed by 
the governor, and attested by the secretary or his dep- 
uty, and shall have the great seal of the state affixed 
thereto. 

Sect. 4. All writs issuing out of the clerk's office, 
in any of the courts of law, shall be in the name of 
the New Hampshire Normal School State, under the 
seal of the court w^hence they issue, and bear teste 
of the chief, first or senior justice of the court ; but 
when justice shall be interested, then the ^^Tit shall 
bear teste of some other justice of the court to which 
the same shall be returnable ; and be signed by the 
clerk of such court. 

Sect. 5. All indictments, presentments, and infor- 
mations shall conclude "against the peace and dignity 
of the state." 

Sect. 6. The present rules of the school shall be 
operative until the legislature shall have passed sat- 
isfactory laws for the governing of said school. 

Sect. 7. The enacting style in making and^passing 
acts, statutes, and laws shall be, — Be it enacted by the 
senate and house of representatives in general court 
convened. 



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Sect. 8. No governor or judge of the supreme judi- 
cial court shall hold any office or place under the au- 
thority of this state, except such as by this constitution 
they are entitled to hold, saving that the judges of the 
said court may hold the offices of justices of the peace 
throughout the state. 

Sect. 9. No person shall be capable of holding at 
the same time more than two appointive offices, which 
may be held by appointment of the governor, or by 
governor and council, or senate and house of repre- 
sentatives, or superior or inferior courts, office of jus- 
tice of the peace excepted. 

Sect. 10. No person holding the office of judge of 
any court (except special judges), secretary, or at- 
torney-general, shall at the same time hold the office of 
governor, or have a seat in the senate or house of 
representatives or council; but his being chosen and 
appointed to and accepting the same shall operate as 
a resignation of his seat in the chair, senate or house 
of representatives, or council, and the place so vacated 
shall be filled. No member of the council shall have 
a seat in the senate or house of representatives. 

Sect. 11. No person shall ever be admitted to hold 
a seat in the legislature, or any office of trust or impor- 
tance under this government, who in the due course of 
law has been convicted of briber}^ or corruption in 
obtaining an election or appointment. 



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Sect. 12. To the end that there may be no failure 
of justice or danger to the state by the alterations and 
amendments made in the constitution, the general 
court is hereby fully authorized and directed to fix 
the time when the alterations and amendments shall 
take . effect, and make the necessary arrangements ac- 
cordingly. 

Sect. 13. Any proposed amendment to this consti- 
tution shall first be approved by the principal of the 
school, then submitted to the legislature; and if a 
majority of each house agree to pass it, it shall then 
be submitted to a vote of the people at the next gen- 
eral election. If a majority vote in favor of it, it 
shall then become an amendment to this constitution. 
A convention for the purpose of revising this consti- 
tution may be called at any time in a manner to be 
prescribed by the legislature. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE NORMAL SCHOOL STATE. 

In the year of oiir Lord one thousand nine hundred 

and one. 

An Act 

To review, codify, and amend the laws of the state. 



The citizens of the New Hampshire Normal School 
State represented in the senate and house of repre- 
sentatives do enact as follows : 



PUBLIC STATUTES 



OF THE 



New Hampshire Normal School State, 



CHAPTER I. 



OF STATUTES. 



Section 1. This act shall.be designated as the pub- 
lic statutes. 

Sect. 2. The public acts and joint resolutions of 
each session of the legislature shallbe arranged under 
their appropriate classification in the order of ap- 
l^roval, and numbered consecutively from number one, 
each as a chapter. 

Sect. 3. Reference to an act or statute shall be 
made by stating the chapter and section of the public 
statutes, if contained therein, otherwise by stating 
its title and the chapter of the session laAVS of the 
General Court by which it was passed. 

Sect. 4. The repeal of an act shall not revive any 
other act that has been repealed. 



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Sect. 5. In the construction of all statutes, words 
importing the masculine gender may extend and be 
applied to females. 

Sect. 6. Copies of chapters of the public statutes 
shall be posted by the superintendent of public works 
as follows : . V \ 

Chapter III, at each election-booth w^henever elec- 
tions are being held. 

Chapter Y, in the library. 

Chapter YI, at Normal Hall and in Livermore 
Hall. 

Chapter YII, in Livermore Hall and in the dress- 
ing room. 

CHAPTER II. 

OP PROCEEDINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE. 

Section 1. The clerks of the senate and house of 
representatives shall keep a true and fair record of all 
proceedings of their respective branches. The pro- 
ceedings in convention shall be recorded only in the 
journal of the house. 

Sect. 2. In case of vacancy in the office of clerk 
of the senate or house of representatives, or of his 
absence or disability, the assistant clerk shall perform 
all the duties of the office. 



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Sect. 3. The clerks of the senate and of the house 
of representatives shall act as clerks of the next suc- 
ceeding' senate and house of representatives respect- 
ively until clerks thereof are chosen and sworn. 

Sect. 4. The clerk of the house of representatives 
shall prepare a roll of members for use in its or- 
ganization, and shall place upon it only the names 
of those who present certificates of election issued in 
conformity to law. 

Sect. 5. All bills and joint resolutions which shall 
have passed both branches of the legislature shall, 
under the direction of the joint committee on- en- 
grossed bills, be engrossed in a legible handwriting, 
without interlining, upon large paper, with a margin 
of not less than an inch on either side. 

Sect. 6. The secretary of state shall present to the 
governor for his approval each bill and joint resolu- 
tion requiring such approval, after it has been en- 
grossed and signed by the speaker of the house and 
the president of the senate, and in his presence shall 
make a certificate of the day and hour of so doing. 

Sect. 7. The court of appeals shall report by mes- 
sage to the house in which any bill or joint resolu- 
tion originates, any action taken in regard to the con- 
stitutionality of said bill or joint resolution; and if 
the court declares any bill or joint resolution uncon- 
stitutional, said message shall state reasons for such 
decision. 



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CHAPTER III. 

OF ELECTIONS. 

Section 1. The provisions of this chapter shall 
apply to all elections held for state officers. 

Sect. 2. All caucuses shall be held the second 
Thursday of the school term. Presidents of the re- 
spective classes shall call caucuses for the purpose of 
nominating candidates for the offices of representative 
and councilor, sheriff, and solicitor. The secretary of 
state shall call caucuses of the senatorial districts for 
the purpose of nominating candidates for the office 
of senator, and delegates to the convention to nomi- 
nate governor. Names of candidates shall be reported 
the following day, by the clerks of the caucuses, to the 
■secretary of state, who shall place such names on bal- 
lots to be used at the general election. Every ballot 
shall contain the names of all candidates, the districts 
from which they are nominated, and the offices for 
which they are candidates. 

Sect. 3. Any citizen shall be considered a candi- 
date for an office, and his name shall be placed upon 
the official ballot by the secretary of state, upon pres- 
entation of nomination papers signed by twenty per 
cent of the citizens ciualified to vote for candidates 
for the office for which he is nominated ; but no citizen 
shall be a candidate for more than one office at the 
same time. 



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Sect. 4. In case a candidate who has been duly 
nominated shall die or withdraw from nomination be- 
fore the day of election, the vacancy shall be filled as 
in the original nomination. The name so supplied 
for the vacanc}'' shall be placed on the ballot instead 
of that of the original nominee, if the ballots have 
not been printed. If the ballots have been printed^ 
new ballots shall be furnished Avhenever practicable. 
AVhenever this is not practicable, the name of the first 
nominee shall be crossed out and that of the new nom- 
inee inserted in its place by the secretary of state. 

Sect. 5. The secretary of state shall give notice 
of and have charge of all elections ; shall make a check- 
list for each election district containing the names of 
all citizens qualified to vote in that district; shall ap- 
point eight ballot clerks, two from each election dis- 
trict. All voting shall be by the Australian ballot 
system. 

Sect. 6. The secretary of state shall keep a record 
of all votes cast ; he shall also issue certificates of elec- 
tion to successful candidates except in cases for which 
provision shall have been otherwise made by the con- 
stitution. A plurality of votes shall elect, unless 
otherwise distinctly provided for. 

Sect. 7. Any violation of the election laws shall 
be considered a misdemeanor, punishable at the dis- 
cretion of the court. 



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Sect. 8. Any citizen found guilty of bribery, or the 
attempt to bribe, shall be punished by being deprived 
of the right to vote for a time not less than one school 
term or more than one school year. 

CHAPTER IV. 

OF THE COURTS. 

Section 1. The superior court shall consist of a 
chief justice and four associate justices, appointed 
and commissioned as prescribed by the constitution. 

Sect. 2. Terms of the superior court shall be holden 
for each county as near the first and fifteenth day of 
each month as may be convenient. 

Sect. 3. There shall be a solicitor for each county, 
elected semi-annually by the inhabitants of the county. 
If there is a vacancy in the office, or if the solicitor 
is absent at any term of court or unable to discharge 
the duties of the office, the court shall appoint a so- 
licitor for the time being. The solicitor of each 
county shall be under the direction of the attorney- 
general. 

Sect. 4. The sheriff mxay appoint as many depu- 
ties as he thinks proper, who shall be sworn to the 
faithful discharge of their duties. A sheriff shall 
be ineligible to re-election. 



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Sect. 5. Upon the resignation, removal from office,, 
or expiration of the term of office of a sheriff, he shall 
execute all precepts in his hands, complete all official 
business previously committed to him, and deliver to 
his successor all prisoners in his hands. 

Sect. 6. The attorney-general shall act as attorney 
for the state in all eases in the supreme court in which 
the state is interested. He shall, when required by 
the governor and council, or any of the heads of the 
state departments, advise them on questions of law 
relating" to their official business. 

Sect. 7. The governor, secretary of state, justices 
of the peace, clerks of courts, councilors, solicitors, 
attorney-general, and sheriffs, shall be exempt from 
duty as jurors. The clerk shall draw the names of 
three of the other inhabitants of the county to serve 
on the petit jury. The sheriff' shall notify those who 
are subject to jury duty, of the court which they are 
to attend, and of the time to appear. The sheriff, 
under the direction of the court, may return jurors 
of the persons present. 

Sect. 8. Grand and petit jurors shall be sum- 
moned at the discretion of the court. 

Sect. 9. No person shall be tried for any offense 
unless upon an indictment found against him by the 
grand jury. 



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Sect. 10. Criminal proceedings shall be begun by 
complaint signed and under oath, addressed to a jus- 
tice of the peace, briefly setting forth the offense 
charged. The justice shall, upon such complaint, is- 
sue a warrant for the arrest of the person accused; 
and such warrant shall be addressed to the sheriff of 
the county, or his deputy, who shall serve the warrant 
upon the offender. But any sheriff' or deputy sheriff 
shall arrest any citizen of any county Avhom he dis- 
covers violating an}^ law of the state ; and the justice 
shall, upon complaint made by the sheriff, issue a 
warrant for the holding of such prisoners. 

Sect. 11. If just cause appears, the justice of the 
peace shall hold the accused for trial by the county 
court, but if the accused plead guilty or nolo con- 
tendere the justice may render final judgment and 
sentence. 

Sect. 12. All matters not-provided for in this 
chapter shall be conducted, so far as possible, in the 
same manner as is provided for in the New Hamp- 
shire state constitution or public statutes. 

CHAPTER V. 

OF THE LIBRARY. 

Section 1. It shall be the duty of the superintend- 
ent of public works to see that the library is kept in 
good order, and that the books and magazines are 
systematically arranged. 



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Sect. 2. No citizen of the Normal School State 
shall misplace any book or magazine in said library. 

Any one convicted of violating the provisions of 
this section shall, for the first offense, be punished by 
being reprimanded by the judge of the district to 
which he belongs. For the second offense he shall be 
refJrimanded by the principal of the Normal School. 

Sect. 3. The superintendent of public works and 
his assistants are authorized to act as assistant li- 
brarians. 

Sect. 4. No book shall be taken from the library 
at any time without the express permission of the 
librarian or an authorized assistant. 

Any one convicted of violating the provisions of 
this section shall, for the first oft'ense, be reprimanded 
by the principal of the school. For the second offense 
he shall for two weeks be denied the use of the library 
except from 6 to 7.30 a. m. 

Sect. 5. No citizen of the Normal School State 
shall hold conversation or make any disturbance in 
said library at any time. 

Any one convicted of violating the provisions of 
this section shall be punished, for the first offense, by 
reprimand by the governor; for the second offense, 
by reprimand by the principal of the Normal School ; 
for the third offense the offender shall for two weeks 
be denied the use of the library at all times except 
after 4 p. m. 



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Sect. 6. No citizen of the Normal School State 
shall whisper in said library at any time. 

Any one convicted of violating this section shall 
receive the penalty prescribed in section 5. 

Sect. 7. Library hours shall be between the hours 
of 8 a. m. and 5.45 p. m. on school days ; and between 
the hours of 9 a. m. and 5.45 p. m. on other days, 
Sundays excepted. 

Sect. 8. Authorized librarians shall be present at 
the beginning and end of library hours. 

Sect. 9. The authorized librarians, with the fac- 
ulty, shall form a committee for making suitable pro- 
visions for the regulation of the library. 

Sect. 10. If a reference book is needed during li- 
brary hours, a teacher may authorize its removal by 
countersigning the student's record slip. 

Sect. 11. Periodicals shall be regarded as books. 
The last two issues of periodicals, and any other is- 
sues which may be needed for reference, shall be re- 
served and kept on the magazine table. 

CHAPTER VI. 

OF STUDY PIOURS. 

Section 1. All students of the Normal School shall 
observe study hours each evening of the week save 
Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays, between the 



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hours of 7.15 and 9.30, inclusive, except as provided 
in section 3, unless excused therefrom by special per- 
mission of a teacher. 

Sect. 2. Beginning with May 1, and continuing 
until the end of the term, study hours shall be ob- 
served between the hours of 7.30 and 9.45, inclusive, 
allowing exceptions as stated in section 1. 

Sect. 3. During the times mentioned in sections 1 
and 2, no citizen shall in any way interfere with the 
quiet of any other citizen. 

Sect. 4. Any one found guilty of violating sections 
1, 2, or 3 of this law shall, for the first offense, for 
one week be confined to his room after the beginning 
of study hours on all evenings save Saturday, Sun- 
day, and legal holidays. For the second offense, he 
shall for two weeks be confined to his room after 6.30 
p. m. all evenings, save Saturday, Sunday, and legal 
holidays. For the third offense he shall be repri- 
manded by the principal of the school. 

CHAPTER VII. 

OF PUBLIC ORDER. 

Section 1. In the assembly room known as Liver- 
more Hall, there shall be a reasonable degree of quiet 
and order throughout the day. Ordinary conversa- 
tion may be indulged in at all times when school is 
not in session. Dni'ing study periods there is allowed 



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only necessary conversation; and this term shall not 
be interpreted as allowing students to carry on an ex- 
tended conversation. Anythinj^' in this section in re- 
j'ard to Livermore Hall shall be held to apply to the 
gallery thereof. 

Sect. 2. In the corridors, vacant recitation rooms, 
and dressing rooms, and on the stairways of said build- 
ing, no boisterous conversation or conduct shall be 
maintained, but ordinary conversation may be in- 
dulged in at any time. This provision shall not be 
interpreted as allowing students to congregate or 
loiter in the halls or on the stairways while school is 
in session. 

Sect. 3. Violation of this law shall be punished in 
the following manner : for the first offense the offender 
shall be reprimanded by the judge of the district to 
which he belongs; for the second offense he shall be 
reprimanded by the governor ; for the third offense 
and all subsequent offenses, he shall be punished at 
the discretion of the court. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

OF PUBLIC PRINTING. 

Section 1. A department of public printing shall 
be established, which shall consist of three persons, 
who shall be appointed by the governor. 

Sect. 2. Said persons shall be appointed to serve 
one school term. 



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Sect. 3. It shall be the duty of said department to 
cause to be printed a sufficient number of copies of 
every bill which is brought before the legislature, so 
that each member of said legislature shall have a copy 
furnished him. 

Sect. 4. This department shall cause all other 
printing to be done which the governor, by and with 
the consent of the council, may deem necessary. 

Sect. 5. No person shall serve as public printer 
for more than one term. 

Sect. 6. Only citizens in counties B, C, and D 
shall be eligible to this office. 



Governors. 
Mabel Richardson, 
Bessie E. Hoyt, 

Harriet Williamson, 

Ruby Erma McIntire, 
Blanche E. Stedman, 

Elizabeth J. Gate, 
Bertha M. Lamprey, 

Myra F. Perry, 
Bertha M. Wright, 



Term of office. 

Llarch to June, 1901. 

September to November, 
1901. 

November, 1901, to Janu- 
ary, 1902. 

January to June, 1902. 

September, 1902, to Janu- 
ary, 1903. 

January to June, 1903. 

September, 1903, to Janu- 
ary, 1904. 

February to June, 1904. 

September, 1904, to Janu- 
ary, 1905. 



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